5.9/1042 votesLoading...#1 - The Valley of the Sun
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1968
While on a hunting trip with Daniel, Josh Clements meets mad collector Sir Hubert and is then held prisoner in a cavern filled with treasures of the Aztec sun god.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: N/A
6.7/1043 votesLoading...#2 - Dan'l Boone Shot a B'ar
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1966
Boone faces a killer bear and the man who has sworn vengeance on the animal.
Director: Alex Nicol
Writer: N/A
6.7/1037 votesLoading...#3 - Beaumarchais
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1967
Boone guides a French ally, masquerading as an actor, who is traveling to Roanoke to buy guns for the Continental Army.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: N/A
6.7/1038 votesLoading...#4 - An Angel Cried
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1970
Josh discovers that an Indian party has burned down a mission with the only surviving nun hiding in a root cellar. They struggle to elude the Indians until help can finally arrive and save them.
Director: Fess Parker
Writer: N/A
6.9/1040 votesLoading...#5 - A Pinch of Salt
Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 5/1/1969
While on a surveying mission for the Continental Congress, Daniel and David get caught in the middle of a dispute between two women and a man bent on destroying their salt mine operation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1051 votesLoading...#6 - Four-Leaf Clover
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/1965
An idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.
Director: John English
Writer: N/A
7.0/1034 votesLoading...#7 - Daughter of the Devil
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/15/1965
A man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writer: N/A
7.0/1049 votesLoading...#8 - The Mound Builders
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1965
A chief of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: N/A
7.0/1040 votesLoading...#9 - The Wolf Man
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1967
As Boonesborough awaits a slavery vote, a frontiersman struggles to protect his pet wolf from townspeople.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
7.0/1037 votesLoading...#10 - The Terrible Tarbots
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1969
While transporting a box filled with gold for the Continental army, Daniel is beset upon by thieves. Complicating matters is that Israel is taken hostage as protection from Daniel while they lug the gold over the mountains.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: N/A
7.1/1038 votesLoading...#11 - Run a Crooked Mile
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1966
Israel is taken captive so Boone will help steal a war hero s body and then extort money from the family.
Director: Anton Leader
Writer: N/A
7.2/1042 votesLoading...#12 - Doll of Sorrow
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/22/1965
Israel accidentally startles a passing peddler's horse and his goods are ruined. Daniel agrees to compensate him for his loss but matters are complicated when he steals a grieving Indian women's mourning doll.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1051 votesLoading...#13 - The Aaron Burr Story
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1965
Aaron Burr, ex-Vice President, comes to Boonesborough to enlist Daniel to guide him on a long and dangerous journey to the west, but is vague about his reasons for the trek. When Daniel turns him down due to his unease about Burr's secretive intentions, Jericho blindly jumps at the chance to take the offer and earn a hefty fee. After Burr and Jericho leave, Daniel discovers Burr's true mission, and he and Mingo set out to intercept them and save Jericho from his own naivety.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1044 votesLoading...#14 - Cibola
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 3/31/1966
A man finds only danger when he seeks a fabled city of gold.
Director: Gerd Oswald
Writer: N/A
7.2/1057 votesLoading...#15 - The Young Ones
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1967
An orphan, determined to keep his family together, causes trouble for rescuer Boone.
Director: Gerd Oswald
Writer: N/A
7.2/1036 votesLoading...#16 - The Necklace
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/1967
A dying man confesses to murder and theft, producing a pearl necklace as proof, and tells of the innocent man to be hanged for his crimes. Against townsfolks' wishes, Daniel takes the necklace to New Orleans to secure the freedom of the accused man.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
7.2/1038 votesLoading...#17 - Bitter Mission
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 3/30/1967
A traitor's plan to profit from war with the Spanish backfires.
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Writer: N/A
7.2/1037 votesLoading...#18 - Minnow for a Shark
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/2/1969
Israel finds himself in the middle of a plot by a British Commodore to use a box of gold to find a thief, who may or may not be his friend, the one-armed Capt. Jack.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: N/A
7.2/1028 votesLoading...#19 - Run for the Money
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1970
Cincinnatus thinks he has found the fastest runner around and brings him to Boonesborough for a big race. His dream for success is complicated when another unknown runner enters the race and that the runners have a scheme of their own.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: N/A
7.2/1039 votesLoading...#20 - Noblesse Oblige
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/26/1970
A cook posing as a French prince falls in love in Boonesborough;
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: David Duncan
7.3/1047 votesLoading...#21 - The First Stone
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1965
Boone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.3/1044 votesLoading...#22 - My Name Is Rawls
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1965
Boone pursues a runaway slave stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa.
Director: George Sherman
Writer: N/A
7.3/1036 votesLoading...#23 - The Deserter
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1966
A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: N/A
7.3/1039 votesLoading...#24 - The Allegiances
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1966
Mingo struggles with his divided heritage when an Indian council announces the British will help recapture Indian land.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: David Duncan
7.3/1038 votesLoading...#25 - River Passage
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1966
Boone fights a dishonest boatman and Shawnee to deliver gunpowder to Boonesborough.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Daniel Boone
Every episode of Daniel Boone ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Daniel Boone!
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on...
Genres:Action & AdventureWestern
Network:NBC
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Valley of the Sun" is the worst rated episode of "Daniel Boone". It scored 5.9/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Nathan Juran and written by N/A, it aired on 11/28/1968. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dan'l Boone Shot a B'ar".